1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Blood lead analysis” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.11.04.02B.

   2. (2) “Blood lead level test” means to:

      1. (a) Draw a blood specimen, by either venous or capillary methodology, and:

         1. (i) Send the blood specimen to a medical laboratory for blood lead analysis; or
         2. (ii) Conduct a blood lead analysis at a health care provider's office subject to licensing, certification, and approval by the Laboratories Administration of the Maryland Department of Health; or
      2. (b) Order a blood specimen to be drawn by a third-party health care provider, by either venous or capillary methodology, and send it to a medical laboratory for blood lead analysis.
   3. (3) “Department” means the Maryland Department of the Environment.
   4. (4) “Health care provider” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.11.04.02B.
   5. (5) “Laboratory” means a medical laboratory as defined in COMAR 10.10.01.03B.
   6. (6) “Local health department” means the health department of the Maryland subdivision where the patient resides.
   7. (7) “Parent or guardian” means an individual acting in a primary custodial capacity.

   8. (8) “Reference level” means:

      1. (a) 5 micrograms per deciliter; or
      2. (b) Beginning 1 year after the date that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revises the blood lead reference level until 1 year after a subsequent revision, the revised blood lead reference level as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Authority: Environment Article, §6-303, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 6, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2211)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.10.07 to COMAR 26.02.01

Regulation .01B amended effective May 27, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1118)

Regulation .02 amended effective May 27, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1118)

Regulations .01 and .02 repealed and new Regulations .01—.06 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 20, 2001 (29:1 Md. R. 19); adopted permanently effective April 15, 2002 (29:7 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 25, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1490)

Regulations .01—.05 repealed and new Regulations .01—.05 adopted effective July 1, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)